Terence Alexander
Acting
- Born:
- 1923-03-11
- Died:
- 2009-05-28
- Place of birth:
- Islington, London, England
Biography
Terence Joseph Alexander (11 March 1923 – 28 May 2009) was an English film and television actor, best known for his role as Charlie Hungerford in the British TV drama Bergerac. He was born in London, the son of a doctor, and grew up in Yorkshire. Alexander was educated at Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire, and Norwood College, Harrogate, and started acting in the theatre at the age of 16. During World War II he served in the British Army as a lieutenant with the 27th Lancers, and was seriously wounded by artillery fire in Italy. In 1956 he appeared on stage in Ring For Catty at the Lyric Theatre in London. He is probably best remembered as Charlie Hungerford from the detective series Bergerac, though he was also very prominent in the 1967 BBC adaptation of The Forsyte Saga. One of his early roles was in the children's series Garry Halliday. He also appeared in one episode of Please Sir in 1970 as the headteacher of a rival school. He appeared in many other film and television roles including three appearances in different roles in The Avengers; Terry and June (1979–1980); Behind the Screen (1981–1982); the 1985 Doctor Who serial The Mark of the Rani; and The New Statesman (1987). On radio he starred as The Toff in the BBC radio adaptation of the John Creasey novels. He appeared in all but one episode of Bergerac from 1981 to 1991. He appeared on the West End in comedies and farces and his credits included Move Over Mrs Markham (1971), Two and Two Make Sex (1973), There Goes The Bride (1974/5) and Fringe Benefits (1976). Alexander later retired from acting in 1999 and lived in London with his second wife, the actress Jane Downs. He died on 28 May 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Terence Alexander, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The All New Adventures of Mr Blobby
The Detectives
Who Shot Alan B'Stard?
That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse
The New Statesman
The Laughing Prisoner
Worlds Beyond
Time for Murder
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani
Dempsey and Makepeace
The Corvini Inheritance
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
Frankenstein
Lace
Bergerac
Our Family Business
That Beryl Marston...!
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Just Liz
The Boy Who Never Was
Terry and June
Churchill and the Generals
Ike
Ike
The Upchat Line
Rosie
The New Avengers
Dawson's Weekly
Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill
Moody and Pegg
The Internecine Project
Happy Ever After
Claudine
Playhouse
The Pallisers
Mission: Monte Carlo
Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
The Day of the Jackal
The Vault of Horror
Pebble Mill at One
The Persuaders!
Bless This House
Waterloo
Menace
Ben Travers Farces
A Room in Town
All the Way Up
Codename
Paul Temple
Run a Crooked Mile
What's Good for the Goose
The Sex Game
Please Sir!
The Champions
Only When I Larf
Nicholas Nickleby
Man in a Suitcase
ITV Playhouse
The Long Duel
The Forsyte Saga
The Spare Tyres
The Wednesday Thriller
The Man in Room 17
The Intelligence Men
Detective
All in Good Time
Doctor Who
Harry's Girls
Bitter Harvest
The Mind Benders
The Fast Lady
On the Beat
She Always Gets Their Man
Man at the Carlton Tower
Carry On Regardless
Drama 61-67
The Avengers
The Gentle Terror
The Bulldog Breed
Maigret
The League of Gentlemen
Don't Panic Chaps
No Hiding Place
The Price of Silence
Breakout
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Garry Halliday
Danger Within
The Doctor's Dilemma
The Square Peg
Death Was a Passenger
The One That Got Away
The Five Ports
Armchair Theatre
Hancock's Half Hour
Who Done It?
Portrait of Alison
Lilli Palmer Theatre
The Eternal Question
The Monkey's Paw
Dangerous Cargo
Park Plaza 605
The Runaway Bus
Number Three
Top Secret
The Gentle Gunman
Death Is a Number
A Tale of Five Cities
The Elusive Pimpernel
The Woman with No Name
Sunday Night Theatre
Comin' Thro the Rye